Plant-produced polio vaccines could help eradicate age old disease Plants have been used to produce a new vaccine against poliovirus in what is hoped to be a major step towards global eradication of the disease. Aug 15, 2017 0 149
Prematurity leaves distinctive molecular signature in infants' cerebellum Premature birth, which affects one in 10 U.S. babies, is associated with altered metabolite profiles in the infants' cerebellum, the part of the brain that controls coordination and balance, a team led by Children's National ... Aug 15, 2017 4 256
Artificial blood vessels mimic rare accelerated aging disease Biomedical engineers have grown miniature human blood vessels that exhibit many of the symptoms and drug reactions associated with Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome—an extremely rare genetic disease that causes symptoms ... Aug 15, 2017 0 40
Skewing the aim of targeted cancer therapies Headlines, of late, have touted the successes of targeted gene-based cancer therapies, such as immunotherapies, but, unfortunately, also their failures. Aug 15, 2017 0 25
Adult brains produce new cells in previously undiscovered area A University of Queensland discovery may lead to new treatments for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). UQ Queensland Brain Institute scientists have discovered that new brain cells are produced ... Aug 15, 2017 0 2180
Precision medicine opens the door to scientific wellness preventive approaches to suicide Researchers have developed a more precise way of diagnosing suicide risk, by developing blood tests that work in everybody, as well as more personalized blood tests for different subtypes of suicidality that they have newly ... Aug 15, 2017 2 49
How Gata4 helps mend a broken heart During a heart attack, blood stops flowing into the heart; starved for oxygen, part of the heart muscle dies. The heart muscle does not regenerate; instead it replaces dead tissue with scars made of cells called fibroblasts ... Aug 15, 2017 0 36
Clinical trial uses a genetically engineered virus to fight cancer Sanford Health is the first site in the United States to launch a clinical trial using a genetically-engineered virus that aims to destroy therapy-resistant tumors. Aug 15, 2017 0 38
An immune signaling pathway for control of Yellow Fever Virus infection Princeton University researchers have uncovered a critical role for a new immune signaling pathway in controlling infection by the flavivirus Yellow Fever Virus (YFV). The paper describing this discovery appeared in the journal ... Aug 15, 2017 0 15
Does stronger initial response to cancer treatment predict longer overall survival? It seems like such a simple question: Do patients whose tumors shrink more in response to targeted treatment go on to have better outcomes than patients whose tumors shrink less? Actually, the answer seems simple too. In ... Aug 15, 2017 0 18